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where do you think and why do you think for mitt romney, the swing state polls have swung so far back. is it just the debate or the normal reassessment that goes on in the campaign or what? >> several reasons, neal. you touched on a few of them and let me thank you for having me on your program. you always get closer when a presidential campaign gets close to the election and it is bound to tighten up and a lot of people are undecided . the debate was helpful and we hoped for a signal and we got a grand slam and number three paul ryan did an excellent job in his debate against the vice-president. and number four, people are very concerned about the fiscal cliff that you are talking about this morning. you are spot on, neal and number five, people are concerned about the spending and they know if they don't change the direction of the country, we'll have a fiscal cliff and could have a fiscal melt down and they are looking to a new direction and that is with mitt romney and paul ryan and tommy thompson. >> and what if they get e mitt romney and paul ryan and it is not tommy thompson. b
where do you think and why do you think for mitt romney, the swing state polls have swung so far back. is it just the debate or the normal reassessment that goes on in the campaign or what? >> several reasons, neal. you touched on a few of them and let me thank you for having me on your program. you always get closer when a presidential campaign gets close to the election and it is bound to tighten up and a lot of people are undecided . the debate was helpful and we hoped for a signal and...
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gwen: john: >> mitt romney will not be president unless he outperforms the polls if the polls are not capturing the intensity behind mitt romney's superintendent porers or in some way they're exaggerating president obama's support -- gwen: where is the intensity right now? is it with the republicans or the democrats? >> we have it equal. in our polls they're equally inspired. that's exactly right. >> republicans think they have an advantage. >> it's dispor portion -- disproportion nat with white voters. african-americans are also pretty energized but latinos which the president is dominating are not. young voters are not. both of those are underperforming in terms of interest in the election and motivation. that's where the president's challenge is. he's got to make sure that he could harvest all the votes that shows up in these polls from latinos and from young voters. >> and gwen, just to follow on amy's point, barack obama sbrang to celebrity status with that speech of not white america, red, america. if he wins he's going to win because he was the president of black america, hispa
gwen: john: >> mitt romney will not be president unless he outperforms the polls if the polls are not capturing the intensity behind mitt romney's superintendent porers or in some way they're exaggerating president obama's support -- gwen: where is the intensity right now? is it with the republicans or the democrats? >> we have it equal. in our polls they're equally inspired. that's exactly right. >> republicans think they have an advantage. >> it's dispor portion --...
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in fact, it's fair to say if mitt romney could take a mulligan on this week he would. taking a look at the latest swing state numbers the poll has the president up 5 points in colorado. you have 5 points in wisconsin and up 8 points in iowa while the latest fox news poll has the president leading by 5 points in florida. 7 points in ohio, and 7 points in virginia. just to be clear, if mitt romney does not sweep almost all of those states he might have to go back to bain capital if they'll take them. and mitt romney is taking any opportunity to lash out the president says that could be used as an attack line, including these innocuous remarks from mr. obama on thursday. >> obama: you can't change washington from the inside. you can only change it from the outside. something that i would like to concentrate on in my second term is being in a much more constant conversation with the american people so they can put pressure on congress to help move some of these issues forward. >> eliot: within hours romney tried to use that comment to take a jab at a florida rally. >> romn
in fact, it's fair to say if mitt romney could take a mulligan on this week he would. taking a look at the latest swing state numbers the poll has the president up 5 points in colorado. you have 5 points in wisconsin and up 8 points in iowa while the latest fox news poll has the president leading by 5 points in florida. 7 points in ohio, and 7 points in virginia. just to be clear, if mitt romney does not sweep almost all of those states he might have to go back to bain capital if they'll take...
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one poll did measure bias against mitt romney. unfortunately for republicans the group measured wasn't just democrats but all american adults. the bloomberg news poll measured reasonable ratings. president clinton came out on top, president obama was second at former president george w. bush scored third at 46%, a solid three points ahead of mitt romney. you heard that right, george w. bush is more popular than mitt romney. and some republicans are blaming the campaign's problem on the candidate himself. an anonymous romney organization top member was quoted as saying . . . and a top washington republican . . . turning to the latest swing state polls. a survey has likely voters in new hampshire backing the president a 50 to 45%. new hampshire voters also give the president a 7-point edge. in virginia the president is leading mitt romney again by two points, as does suffolk university and d.c. 12 poll. while the nevada virginia and colorado races are close, mitt romney chose to campaign today in pennsylvania. he told the crowd at t
one poll did measure bias against mitt romney. unfortunately for republicans the group measured wasn't just democrats but all american adults. the bloomberg news poll measured reasonable ratings. president clinton came out on top, president obama was second at former president george w. bush scored third at 46%, a solid three points ahead of mitt romney. you heard that right, george w. bush is more popular than mitt romney. and some republicans are blaming the campaign's problem on the...
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earlier we talked about the polls and mitt romney on the move. mitt romney spent 90 minutes on the stage lying about everything he claimed to stand for prior to the debate. he lied about his tax plan, he lied about his health care plan, he lied about medicare and medicaid and social security, he lied about deregulation, he lied about jobs, he lied about education. think about this. after campaigning for 18 months on a tax plan for the job creators there that will reduce their taxes 20% on personal income, cut capital gains taxes and business taxes, romney stood on stage with president obama and denied all of that. he told the american people that he really didn't have a plan, which my friends, is completely a 180. after saying it, every campaign stop for 18 months that he would repeal obama care on day one, he stood before the american people and said his plan would take care of preexisting conditions. after the debate, his campaign admitted it would not. romney says his health care plan, which passed in massachusetts, would be good for states. b
earlier we talked about the polls and mitt romney on the move. mitt romney spent 90 minutes on the stage lying about everything he claimed to stand for prior to the debate. he lied about his tax plan, he lied about his health care plan, he lied about medicare and medicaid and social security, he lied about deregulation, he lied about jobs, he lied about education. think about this. after campaigning for 18 months on a tax plan for the job creators there that will reduce their taxes 20% on...
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in the poll of romney and ryan, a mere 4 points. but yet women gave the president a ten-point edge over romney and when asked who would give the percentage. meanwhile, the democrats will be highlightings with wi congresswomn, geo activ fluke pr relin pro-choncy keenan. us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking role, the convention, i don't want to pry too much, but was this just in the last week, or was this a long-planned >> look, it's an honor for me to speak at the convention and talkt the importance of women's health and women's abortion rights issues. because these are fundamental issues of freedom and privacy for women, and women are going to make a difference in this election. >> eliot: women are going to certainly make a difference in this election. there is still a yawning gap between the way women and men view the competing tickets. did you think a year ago that abortion rights would be front and center in the campaign, or did you think, like the rest of us that the economy and jobs wou
in the poll of romney and ryan, a mere 4 points. but yet women gave the president a ten-point edge over romney and when asked who would give the percentage. meanwhile, the democrats will be highlightings with wi congresswomn, geo activ fluke pr relin pro-choncy keenan. us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking role, the convention, i don't want to pry too much, but was this just in the last week, or was this a long-planned >> look, it's an honor...
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mitt romney is polling at 0% among black voters. given among how he is campaigning, maybe it's a number that we can trust. as for latino voters, the romney ryan ticket is polling very poorly. it's 63% to 28%. it's almost the same that mccain and palin lost by. is the republican national convention going to help them at the convention. he wrote in that they want the paper's please law for the whole country after that, the romney immigration advisor celebrated by suing the federal government today trying to stop the president's dream act program that he instituted by executive action over the objections of the republican congress. you can't necessarily say the republicans are in hot pursuit right now. same thing for the african-american vote of which they currently enjoy 0%. with less support among black voters, how can the republicans expect to win this time. there is a tactic of some use. it is already organized and apparently funded for this year, and i personally find it creep, and and that story is here, next. >>> not long ago, i
mitt romney is polling at 0% among black voters. given among how he is campaigning, maybe it's a number that we can trust. as for latino voters, the romney ryan ticket is polling very poorly. it's 63% to 28%. it's almost the same that mccain and palin lost by. is the republican national convention going to help them at the convention. he wrote in that they want the paper's please law for the whole country after that, the romney immigration advisor celebrated by suing the federal government...
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neil: i'm wondering, something interesting in way that ryan, and romney yesterday, explaining a notion of taking the deducts and changing them so even though general rates come down, more people get into the tax paying pool. now, i see this poll out, that shows 79% of americans think that everyone should have skin in the game, like the worlds are converge will. and the media is not on this phenomenon. what do you make of that? >> i don't understand -- i mean, i know why the a lot of folks are not paying taxes some, below level, other get tax credit for children. neil: but it should not be 47%, i don't know how the hell it got that. >> frankly republicans and democrats contributed to that you talk about national defense and highways, and things like that everybody should pay something. you notice governor kaine, running down there for senate, former governor kaine, he said he would look at a tax proposal where everyone at least pays something. i think there is a -- i think that is a very american sentiment we all contribute. i came from a family with 9 kids, and we all put together to b
neil: i'm wondering, something interesting in way that ryan, and romney yesterday, explaining a notion of taking the deducts and changing them so even though general rates come down, more people get into the tax paying pool. now, i see this poll out, that shows 79% of americans think that everyone should have skin in the game, like the worlds are converge will. and the media is not on this phenomenon. what do you make of that? >> i don't understand -- i mean, i know why the a lot of folks...
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it appears that in one poll, in the pew poll, mitt romney is up against the president and in the gallup seven-day tracking poll, the president is up 50 to 45, if i have mitt romney's number right in that poll. this race has been, is, and will continue to be until election day a very close race. and so either side can take heart in a poll that shows his or her candidate being on top but, remember, this race is basically tied. >> now, the vice presidential debate, the one and only one, will be be this thursday night and paul ryan, the republican vice presidential nominee, was questioning his weekend on what he was doing to prepare for the debate. here's his response. >> how you feeling about the debate? >> what debate? oh, yeah. i better get ready for that. >> you know, i better get started. you just reminded me. no, it's going well. >> what are you looking for in that debate, marge, on thursday night? >> well, first of all, paul ryan should focus on explaining the math. that's something he dismissed when asked about it on fox news about a week or two ago. >> right. >> so he should now fi
it appears that in one poll, in the pew poll, mitt romney is up against the president and in the gallup seven-day tracking poll, the president is up 50 to 45, if i have mitt romney's number right in that poll. this race has been, is, and will continue to be until election day a very close race. and so either side can take heart in a poll that shows his or her candidate being on top but, remember, this race is basically tied. >> now, the vice presidential debate, the one and only one, will...
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tracking shows romney up by 2. the rasmussen poll has romney up by 1. investors business daily has the race at a tie. and the new abc news "washington post" poll shows obama up by 3. here's where it gets interesting. a ton of polling stuff comes out every day. every day there's at least one super interesting thing. and right now the thing most important, i think most intriguing in the data out of all the snapshots of the race is this. this right here is probably the most interesting thing. abc news and "washington post" polled voters nape didn't just ask who do they like. they asked which candidate would be better on a series of issues. here's what they found. on the issue of the economy, it's president obama by 4. taxes, president obama by 5. handling health care, obama by 6. handling international affairs, obama by 10. handling a major crisis, obama by 12. medicare, obama by 15. the only issue where the president loses is this one. the issue of dealing with the deficit where it's mitt romney holding a 3-point lead over president obama. the president l
tracking shows romney up by 2. the rasmussen poll has romney up by 1. investors business daily has the race at a tie. and the new abc news "washington post" poll shows obama up by 3. here's where it gets interesting. a ton of polling stuff comes out every day. every day there's at least one super interesting thing. and right now the thing most important, i think most intriguing in the data out of all the snapshots of the race is this. this right here is probably the most interesting...
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romney is polling in the 20s. the structural concerns are legitimate. republicans aren't worried for no reason. but i think at this point, it's going to be a daily story line for the campaign to deal with. >> melody, two more unemployment reports have to come out between now and election day, at least some of the big national polls this is still a dead heat. >> absolutely. as axe said in your segment earlier, everyone knew that this was going to be a close election. at the same time, what we have seen in some of the polling and i don't live by week by week, day by day polling, and no one should, because it is over the long haul, but when you break open that polling, people respond to the president because they believe he gets their concerns. he understands their daily lives. and also, we're holding everyone even in this very, very bad economy. >> george, we have two unemployment reports coming up. on october 5th and one november 2nd. and three presidential debates. anything can happen. it's still very close. romney's unfavorables are higher than his fav
romney is polling in the 20s. the structural concerns are legitimate. republicans aren't worried for no reason. but i think at this point, it's going to be a daily story line for the campaign to deal with. >> melody, two more unemployment reports have to come out between now and election day, at least some of the big national polls this is still a dead heat. >> absolutely. as axe said in your segment earlier, everyone knew that this was going to be a close election. at the same...
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the romney campaign privately does not they think the polls awrong. they say the poll show obama leading by more than think he is. it's not they're saying the polls are wrong. when every national poll -- i don't think we can say -- when fox news' poll shows obama ahead in a bunch of swing states recently, i don't think we can say the polls are wrong and biased because fox news conservative leading. they show what the polls are showing as well. the president has a strong lead. pollsters have a strong incentive to have their polls be accurate, because that's what their profession is. i'm skeptical they're tries to missample people. the finding more democrats are anyway poll, when a democratic candidate is popular, more people call themselves democrats. that doesn't mean the poll is wrong. more people call themselves democrats than they might have been four or five weeks ago. >> let me bring in mark mckinnon. we'll bring you into this conversation. i want to start with something that newt gingrich said this morning on "morning joe." mark, let me play tha
the romney campaign privately does not they think the polls awrong. they say the poll show obama leading by more than think he is. it's not they're saying the polls are wrong. when every national poll -- i don't think we can say -- when fox news' poll shows obama ahead in a bunch of swing states recently, i don't think we can say the polls are wrong and biased because fox news conservative leading. they show what the polls are showing as well. the president has a strong lead. pollsters have a...
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i think r-mitt romney was in a slew of derespond, if you will. he was dropping in the polls. he bringing youth. he bridges energy. he brings exciple. he energizes the conservative base of the party. he is a likeable young fellow. he is 30 years younger you got to realize than go biden the vice president for the incumbent president of the united states and what he brings of course is a tremendous knowledge of the budget and all the rest of it. but there is a down side here, john. jack kemp, who is his mentor of sorts, was a supply sider. we just cut tax, cut taxes and that will cure anything. cut taxes. this guy is a fiscal hawk. he is into deep root canal economics. and he's got a budget plan out there which on medicare was going to make it optional. initially i think they were going to do away with it. so the democrats are going to be able to go through this ryan budget cherry pick it, find all of the things where people are going to be cut and hurt and they will be pumping that out all fall long. but overall, i think you got to give mitt romney, he rolled the dice and i thi
i think r-mitt romney was in a slew of derespond, if you will. he was dropping in the polls. he bringing youth. he bridges energy. he brings exciple. he energizes the conservative base of the party. he is a likeable young fellow. he is 30 years younger you got to realize than go biden the vice president for the incumbent president of the united states and what he brings of course is a tremendous knowledge of the budget and all the rest of it. but there is a down side here, john. jack kemp, who...
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poll numbers aside, the romney campaign also leaning on a series of high-level endorsements to try to lock up this nomination. the latest comes from wisconsin congressman paul ryan, expected to throw his support behind romney today, perhaps even today. ryan, who chairs the house budget committee, often mentioned as a likely vice presidential pick. romney has praised the congressman's budget blueprint, which passed through the house yesterday along party lines. in another key endorsement for romney, former president george h.w. bush officially threw his support behind the republican front-runner. after a private meeting in houston, the 41st president encouraged the party to start looking to the general election. >> barbara and i are very proud to fully and enthusiastically endorse and support our old friend, mitt romney. he's a good man. he'll make a great president. and we just wish him well. i do think it's the time for the party to get behind governor romney. he reminded me of kenny rogers, there's a time when to hold them, a time when to fold them. well, i think it's time for peopl
poll numbers aside, the romney campaign also leaning on a series of high-level endorsements to try to lock up this nomination. the latest comes from wisconsin congressman paul ryan, expected to throw his support behind romney today, perhaps even today. ryan, who chairs the house budget committee, often mentioned as a likely vice presidential pick. romney has praised the congressman's budget blueprint, which passed through the house yesterday along party lines. in another key endorsement for...
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in all polling, he is holding the majority. the mac a gift to for the republicans is that if obama can hold as among the minorities, if he can hold his 52% among college white women, romney has to win 2/3 of all other white to win. he can do that. republicans were in that ballpark. they were in that neighborhood. 2/3 of the other quadrants of white is what reagan 1 in 1984 during the most decisive landslide in modern times. i will end. there is not an entirely comforting message for democrats. the general trend here is allowing them to win a majority with a smaller number of whites. there also winning a smaller majority than they used to. if you look at the last four times they had a unified control of government, each time they suffered a fairly catastrophic decline among vote share among white appeared there not been able to articulate a vision. the other part for the republicans is certainly going to be a big point of debate. it is possible that mitt romney will run as well against whites as any republican challenger ever. r
in all polling, he is holding the majority. the mac a gift to for the republicans is that if obama can hold as among the minorities, if he can hold his 52% among college white women, romney has to win 2/3 of all other white to win. he can do that. republicans were in that ballpark. they were in that neighborhood. 2/3 of the other quadrants of white is what reagan 1 in 1984 during the most decisive landslide in modern times. i will end. there is not an entirely comforting message for democrats....
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romney up by 4 points in the pew poll. in the swing states, mr. romney leading in colorado by 4. mr. obama leading in pennsylvania by 2, the right poll showing a tie in nevada. the president up in new hampshire by 6 points. and really the one poll we waited on all day, the one poll that might matter more than any other single piece of data, the one piece we got today, president obama holding on to a 4-point lead in ohio. let's poll this one out. this is a cnn number from this afternoon. barack obama with an edge of 4 points in ohio, which is just outside the margin of error. it's far less than the 9-point leads in the survey not long ago. i should say to democrats and obama supporters, i'm sorry if i unleashed those numbers on you with a mature content warning label. but my friend e.j. dionne will be with us later. he says, i was talking with an old friend who was one of the nonpartisan polling outfits. we were discussing the large shifts in some of the polls on the presidential election and the feedback he receives whenever he puts out new numbers that make one side or the other
romney up by 4 points in the pew poll. in the swing states, mr. romney leading in colorado by 4. mr. obama leading in pennsylvania by 2, the right poll showing a tie in nevada. the president up in new hampshire by 6 points. and really the one poll we waited on all day, the one poll that might matter more than any other single piece of data, the one piece we got today, president obama holding on to a 4-point lead in ohio. let's poll this one out. this is a cnn number from this afternoon. barack...
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so here's the bad news for the romney campaign. one poll gives romney a three-point bounce. that's within the margin of error. the gallup poll shows no bounce at all. almost a week of wall to wall coverage and no gains? this was supposed to be romney's big moment. it was his first chance to deliver a live speech to a national audience, but it looks like romney's speech simply failed to convince voters. according to gallup, his speech was average at best. if you count just excellent and good reviews, voters put romney in fifth place among every republican nominee in recent history. romney didn't do as well as george w. bush in 2004. in fact, romney's speech got the lowest poll rating since 1996. bob dole got better reviews than romney did. but there's a poll number that really matters to a lot more americans. and this is it. gallup shows democrats are less enthusiastic about voting this november. here comes the red flag. republicans are gaining. 51% are focused on getting barack obama out of the white house. republicans might be feeling a little romney malaise. they might not
so here's the bad news for the romney campaign. one poll gives romney a three-point bounce. that's within the margin of error. the gallup poll shows no bounce at all. almost a week of wall to wall coverage and no gains? this was supposed to be romney's big moment. it was his first chance to deliver a live speech to a national audience, but it looks like romney's speech simply failed to convince voters. according to gallup, his speech was average at best. if you count just excellent and good...
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romney's positive rating rose above 50% for the first time in this campaign in a reuters poll. the president's ratings stayed unchanged at 56%. romney stayed on the attack even though his positions were to be charitable and flatly untrue. here's some of what he said about his tax plan and the economy. >> romney: i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class but i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. we have 23 million people out of work. or stop look for work in this country. >> eliot: here's how the obama campaign responded to some of the claims. with an ad released this afternoon that relied on fact checkers. >> mitt romney has not laid out specifics for how he would pay for his tax cut. he says it's by reducing deductions and closing loopholes but he hasn't said which or how many. so the verdict here the simply incomplete. >> eliot: by the way that 23 million unemployed claim is also incorrect. off by on
romney's positive rating rose above 50% for the first time in this campaign in a reuters poll. the president's ratings stayed unchanged at 56%. romney stayed on the attack even though his positions were to be charitable and flatly untrue. here's some of what he said about his tax plan and the economy. >> romney: i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the...
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romney is leading in the swing states are almost invariably polls that stand out because of their methodology. he's leading in polls that use the old methodology of just calling land lines only and ignoring cell phones. he loses in polls that include cell phones and more modern techniques of polling. as a former dnc spokesperson, what do you think that means? >> here's what i think is going on here. when we're talking about generally people who are using land lines, those tend to be what i would consider more traditional republican voters, they're likely to be a little bit older. this tracks with what you were saying in the intro, voters who are likely to be a little buiit older. voters whose cell phone would be the primary way to contact them tend to be more transient, more diverse. one thing about the way the polling is break down, it's not telling us all the data about the ethnic and demographic changes in the country. barack obama won the state of virginia but he lost the white vote. it was the black vote that made the difference. the polls doesn't capture a dynamic like that. understand
romney is leading in the swing states are almost invariably polls that stand out because of their methodology. he's leading in polls that use the old methodology of just calling land lines only and ignoring cell phones. he loses in polls that include cell phones and more modern techniques of polling. as a former dnc spokesperson, what do you think that means? >> here's what i think is going on here. when we're talking about generally people who are using land lines, those tend to be what...
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mitt romney need as debate that could turn the polls around. there have been three presidential years when debates had that effect. turning the gallup poll around. moving the challenger ahead and on to victory. the first was when a cool handsome jack kennedy buried the nervous vice president richard nixon who turned down makeup and sweated uncontrollably. and nixon's image as a loser was driven home by questions like this. >> president eisenhower's asked to give one example of a major idea of yours that he adopted. his reply was, and i'm quoting, if you give me a week, i might think of one, i don't remember. >> i would suggest that if you know the president, that was probably a facetious remark. president president has asked for my advice. i have given it. sometimes my advice has been taken. sometimes it has not. chris: the second time a debate turned things around was ronald reagan's direct appeal to voters in his first and only faceoff with president jimmy carter. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? is it easier for you to go
mitt romney need as debate that could turn the polls around. there have been three presidential years when debates had that effect. turning the gallup poll around. moving the challenger ahead and on to victory. the first was when a cool handsome jack kennedy buried the nervous vice president richard nixon who turned down makeup and sweated uncontrollably. and nixon's image as a loser was driven home by questions like this. >> president eisenhower's asked to give one example of a major...
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even our nbc news poll, 23% of people said, that 47% comment made them like mitt romney better. so there are people out there who agree with those comments. >> aren't they locked up already? that's a question -- >> no. because remember we've also seen reuters has had the polling and a lot of polling that show some low-income southern whites are thinking he's too richy rich. what it shows is he's still in trouble with his own base and now, you know, obviously the way the white house is trying to set this up, the president is going to talk about vision and specifics and specific plans and really trying to, you know, make it such in the same way we did with the conventions that, you know, president obama was specific and governor romney just attacked. i mean that's the frame they're trying to deliver going in. >> i do want to spend some time on that paul ryan 70/30 clip, richard, because that, if anything, cements that narrative more. writing in the times today, journalists have found working-class voters who believe that obama is a secret muslim and intend to vote for him anyway b
even our nbc news poll, 23% of people said, that 47% comment made them like mitt romney better. so there are people out there who agree with those comments. >> aren't they locked up already? that's a question -- >> no. because remember we've also seen reuters has had the polling and a lot of polling that show some low-income southern whites are thinking he's too richy rich. what it shows is he's still in trouble with his own base and now, you know, obviously the way the white house...
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will it drag down the romney/ryan ticket? that risk highlighted as part of nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. it's brand new, just released it shows congress with its highest disapproval rating ever. 82% of those surveyed disapprove of the job of congress, just 12% approve. joining me now, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. mark, even before this issue with congressman akin, we had this concern that congress is so unpopular, we know the president's squaring off against house republicans, and that essentially means paul ryan. >> that's right, tamron. we've known for the past year that congress has been pretty unpopular. what is striking in our poll is, though, that it actually has reached a bottom in the approval rating. just 12% of registered voters approve of congress' job. we haven't seen 12% since october of 2008. that was, of course, during the spiral, the economy, after the t.a.r.p. vote. you look in the context and all of a sudden mitt romney's added someone from the house of representatives, paul ryan, to
will it drag down the romney/ryan ticket? that risk highlighted as part of nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. it's brand new, just released it shows congress with its highest disapproval rating ever. 82% of those surveyed disapprove of the job of congress, just 12% approve. joining me now, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. mark, even before this issue with congressman akin, we had this concern that congress is so unpopular, we know the president's squaring off against...
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>> we want mitt romney to be strong in the polls and to win the election. if you go back to 1980 at this point in the race, ronald reagan was down three points or four points in the gallup. mitt romney's basically tied or up one in the gallup polls. this thing has a long way to play out. the other thing, if you look at charlie cook and some independent prognosticators, they say there hasn't really been coattails anyway in the house. senate races are a little different animal than the house race. >> maybe the next chairman of the nrcc. republican from oregon, thanks for coming on. >>> apple's iphone 5 hits stores here in the u.s. about 90 minutes ago. does the phone frenzy boost wall street? it is a quadruple witching friday. becky quick, i grew up with learning these crazy witching fridays so -- so it is option friday. what are the three others? >> it is options and contracts and the futures and stock indexes on all of them. all four of them are expiring at the same time. usually that means you see some positive activity. in fact, if you looked at the quadr
>> we want mitt romney to be strong in the polls and to win the election. if you go back to 1980 at this point in the race, ronald reagan was down three points or four points in the gallup. mitt romney's basically tied or up one in the gallup polls. this thing has a long way to play out. the other thing, if you look at charlie cook and some independent prognosticators, they say there hasn't really been coattails anyway in the house. senate races are a little different animal than the...